The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 19, 1979
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 AM
5:38 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 174.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -14.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.23° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.86° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 189.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.